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The BBC’s only English language programme entirely dedicated to the war in Ukraine and its fallout, Ukrainecast is your go-to podcast which investigates the biggest issues around the conflict: Could Putin push the nuclear button? How could Donald Trump end the war in 24 hours? What is the price for peace? The podcast is hosted by Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Monitoring’s Vitaly Shevchenko. Ukrainecast covers the most important topics around the conflict and speaks to the real people who’ve lived through several years of war. It also brings you agenda-setting interviews with special guests each week such as UK foreign secretary David Cameron, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and pre-eminent Russia expert Fiona Hill.

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  • A Moscow car bomb and Putin’s telethon
    A Russian general was killed by an explosive device for the third time this year
  • Q&A: Is this Europe’s last chance to bankroll Ukraine?
    A key summit is underway over the fate of frozen Russian assets
  • Will Russia accept US-Ukraine peace proposals?
    US-Ukraine talks in Berlin have resolved issues, but will Russia agree?
  • Q&A: Could Ukraine hold wartime elections?
    Your questions answered as Donald Trump questions Kyiv’s commitment to democracy
  • What does the new US security strategy mean for Ukraine?
    Plus, the fight to free the Ukrainian children 'forcibly displaced' by Russia
  • Q&A: Zelensky is afraid, Russian billionaires and Europe’s strongest army
    Your questions answered as the US continues talks with Russia and Ukraine
  • Zelensky has lost his right-hand man, what now?
    Presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, resigned after authorities searched his home
  • Q&A: How credible is the US peace plan?
    A final agreement needs sign off by the Ukraine and the US before being put to Russia.
  • Could a peace deal be close?
    Ukraine has called for a Trump-Zelensky meeting in the US this week.
  • What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?
    Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will "propose alternatives"
  • Explaining Ukraine to children: A special episode with Newsround
    We answer questions from kids about Russia's ongoing invasion
  • Bake Off’s Nataliia on leaving Ukraine, and family living under occupation
    Plus, fresh Polish claims of "foreign" sabotage
  • Q&A: Corruption Scandal, AI Surrender Videos, and the International Space Station
    Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of an embezzlement probe
  • Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on Russian prisons and living in exile
    The punk activist talks about her experience in detention and escape from Russia
  • Q&A: Russia advances on Pokrovsk, Ukraine digs in, and sanctions start to bite
    Your questions answered as Russia closes in on the strategic Ukrianian city of Pokrovsk.
  • Serving on the frontline as a teenager
    Sophia Yanchevska is a 19-year-old combat medic in Ukraine
  • Q&A: Frozen assets, the Baltic Sea, and a fresh ceasefire push
    The EU has postponed a decision over Russian funds worth €140bn
  • How dangerous is Russia’s nuclear powered missile?
    Nato calls it ‘Skyfall’, others a “tiny flying Chernobyl”… what is it?
  • Q&A: Trump's sanctions, Putin's nuclear drills, and Zelensky's poll ratings
    Your questions answered as the US puts new sanctions on Russian oil companies.
  • What really happened in the Trump-Zelensky meeting?
    And what does it mean for a Trump-Putin meeting?